Some choosing Chinese amid tech rivalryBy Thomas Urbain and Luna Lin / AFP, NEW YORKEven as the US is embarked on a bitter rivalry with China over the deployment of artificial intelligence (AI), Chinese technology is quietly making inroads into the US market. Despite considerable geopolitical tensions, Chinese open-source AI models are winning over a growing number of programmers and companies in the US. Photo: ReutersIn contrast, “open” models offered by many Chinese rivals, from Alibaba (阿里巴巴) to DeepSeek (深度求索), allow programmers to customize parts of the software to suit their needs. US chip titan Nvidia, AI firm Perplexity and California’s Stanford University are also using Qwen models in some of their work. Given the US administration’s stance on Chinese tech companies, risks remain, Barton said.

Source: Taipei Times December 27, 2025 17:12 UTC